{
  "id": 11848951,
  "title": "U.S. Marine Arrested for Allegedly Killing Woman in Okinawa",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/u-s-marine-arrested-for-allegedly-killing-woman-in-okinawa",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T04:34:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026100400094/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)--Okinawa Prefectural Police on Sunday arrested a U.S. Marine for allegedly killing a 39-year-old woman in a hotel room in Naha, the capital of the southernmost Japan prefecture, and stealing her belongings. The 20-year-old serviceman, Devin Jacob Ballard, who is stationed at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base in Ginowan, Okinawa, has denied the ...",
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "Japan Protests After U.S. Marine Is Accused of Killing Woman in Okinawa",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/japan-protests-after-u-s-marine-is-accused-of-killing-woman-in-okinawa",
        "published": "2026-10-04T04:35:34.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}